what kind of cows would you buy?

[Deepsouth]

Robertwhites thread on " black cow fever " got me to wondering. If you were starting fresh without a cow on the ground what kind of cattle would you go with. I am talking commercial herd.

 

[1982vett]

Brangus

 

[Anonymous]

Brafords and reds

 

[chippie]

Braunvieh

 

[circlew]

Brafords/tigers and brangus.

 

[Taurus]

Red/Black Angus and Herefords

 

[jerry27150]

i would buy 9-1000 pound cows of most any breed & breed them to santa-gertrudis or red angus, then cross back & forth

 

[Isomade]

Brangus

:nod:

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Just some nice red Limousin cows.

 

[jedstivers]

Whatever makes money, other people's mistakes. SS breeds from dry areas, wet bags that were treated rough. That sort of thing. When Longhorns were 250-300 a pop I should have bought 200 of them. Tigers are my favorite though and I'm stuck with these durn angus. Also really like the red w/face Bradford's like CB and circlew put up a few weeks ago, those and tigers will sure turn some money and calves but they sure cost to get them though.

 

[Warrior2154]

Angus and Herefords. Cross them get black baldies. Sounds boring I know but those have always been the best calves in my family's commercial herd.

 

[BC]

In my area, it would be any breed or cross that was 3/8 to 1/2 Brahman influenced and breed to a Charolais to get a yellow calf that as Caustic would say "mash the scales down". The yellow Char cross calves sell on an even basis with blacks here in Northeast Texas.

 

[Caustic Burno]

My first choice would be Brafords as I have option's by changing the bull I change the entire calf crop color.
Second choice herefords because I can get them cheaper put a good Angus or Char on them.
Brangus would be my last choice with a Hereford bull.
You had better have a thick checkbook as Jed stated if you want Brafords or Brangus in this neck of the woods.

 

[greybeard]

beefmaster mommas and char bull

 

[LazyARanch]

Herefords and Angus.... I like them black baldies!

 

[salebarn junkie]

Any cheap red cow and a good char bull

 

[greybeard]

Any cheap red cow and a good char bull

They got cheap cows somehwere nowdays?

 

[Caustic Burno]

Any cheap red cow and a good char bull

They got cheap cows somehwere nowdays?

Not really I have sold old wore out cows that did not have a tooth in their head and the lowest price I got was 925 this year.
The girls were still in good body condition but that was slaughter buyers fighting over them.
The only way of getting a better price that I know of right now is haul a trailer to the barn every sale and be willing to come home empty. There was a lot of Mo. cows that came through earlier in the year cheaper but most were so wrecked by the time they got here, I don't know if you could have pulled them out.
I have gotten some "cheaper" due to a lack of back to the farm buyers on that sale day, you still have to beat the order buyers.

 

[Bigfoot]

Super baldies covered by a black sim, or black chi. Strictly terminal.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

brangus here too...